The Mississippi St. Cloud Watershed Collaborative, a partnership of natural resource managers designed to communicate the importance of water to residents of the Mississippi River St. Cloud Watershed, recently spoke with Gwen Williams of Artisan Naan Bakery in their podcast titled “The Watershed Podcast.” In this episode, Williams discussed the use of Kernza® perennial grain in the … Continue reading The Watershed Podcast, Episode 29: Beer and Bread

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The publication Agri-View highlights the University of Minnesota’s role in developing supply chains with the capabilities to harvest, store, transport, and create markets for perennial crops with notable environmental benefits.

KernzaCAP just released its Year Two Annual Report summarizing the project’s activities and accomplishments from September 2021 through September 2022. KernzaCAP is a five-year project funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA NIFA) that currently supports over 90 researchers, graduate students, business leaders, nonprofit professionals, and farmers in … Continue reading Kernza®CAP Releases Year Two Annual Report

WUWM NPR Radio’s Environmental Reporting group talks to scientist Nicole Tautges, who is immersed in growing one particular perennial in rural Walworth County, 40 miles southwest of Milwaukee.

Kernza®CAP News is a newsletter that provides updates, stories, and events associated with the Kernza®CAP grant. You can read the December 2022 issue here. You can subscribe to Kernza®CAP News here to get future issues delivered straight to your inbox. Photo credit for top photo of Kernza harvest: Queenan Productions

The publication Great Lakes Echo posted an article entitled “Perennial grains: great for beer, bread and the fight against climate change” featuring interviews with Prabin Bajgainat the University of Minnesota, Sandy Boss Febbo at Bang Brewing,  Tammy Kimbler of The Land Institute, and Mitch Hunter of Forever Green.  

Kernza® Perennial Grain: Early Commercialization Timeline This timeline details the key events and partnerships of early Kernza® perennial grain commercialization. It begins with Kernza’s entry into the market and includes events up to 2020. Click here to see the timeline!

Madison, WI, digital magazine Isthmus recently featured Kernza in an article about Wisconsin producers. Kernza perennial grain is capturing the attention of local bakers Annemarie Maitri, Mark Pavlovich of Bloom Bake Shop, and brewer Scott Manning of Vintage Brewing. Clean Wisconsin, The Land Institute, UW-Madison’s College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Meadowlark Organics, Perennial Pantry were also featured.

“We all know the Colorado River Basin is experiencing significant reductions in the amount of water available for both agriculture and human populations downstream,” she said. “And so one thing that is of interest for these crops in Colorado is that there’s the potential that they will need less irrigation.” She added, “It’s not magic, … Continue reading Can Kernza perennial grain help Colorado farmers use less water?